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Object detection applied to LiDAR point clouds is a relevant task in robotics, and particularly in autonomous driving. Single frame methods, predominant in the field, exploit information from individual sensor scans. Recent approaches…

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The increasing penetration rate of new energy in the power system has put forward higher requirements for the operation and maintenance of substations and transmission lines. Using the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) to identify foreign…

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In recent years, single image super-resolution (SISR) methods using deep convolution neural network (CNN) have achieved impressive results. Thanks to the powerful representation capabilities of the deep networks, numerous previous ways can…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-09-27 Zheng Hui , Xinbo Gao , Yunchu Yang , Xiumei Wang

We present TOPGN, a novel method for real-time transparent obstacle detection for robot navigation in unknown environments. We use a multi-layer 2D grid map representation obtained by summing the intensities of lidar point clouds that lie…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-13 Kasun Weerakoon , Adarsh Jagan Sathyamoorthy , Mohamed Elnoor , Anuj Zore , Dinesh Manocha

Remote sensing imagery is widely used across various fields, yet real-time detection remains challenging due to the prevalence of small objects and the need to balance accuracy with efficiency. To address this, we propose DMG-YOLO, a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-05 Qianyi Wang , Guoqiang Ren

Detecting small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from a ground-to-air (G2A) perspective presents significant challenges, including extremely low pixel occupancy, cluttered aerial backgrounds, and strict real-time constraints. Existing…

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Satellite images present unique challenges due to their high object variability and lower spatial resolution, particularly for detecting atmospheric gravity waves which exhibit significant variability in scale, shape, and pattern extent,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-06 Seraj Al Mahmud Mostafa , Jianwu Wang

Recently, despite the remarkable advancements in object detection, modern detectors still struggle to detect tiny objects in aerial images. One key reason is that tiny objects carry limited features that are inevitably degraded or lost…

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Pipeline integrity is critical to industrial safety and environmental protection, with Magnetic Flux Leakage (MFL) detection being a primary non-destructive testing technology. Despite the promise of deep learning for automating MFL…

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For most of the object detectors based on multi-scale feature maps, the shallow layers are rich in fine spatial information and thus mainly responsible for small object detection. The performance of small object detection, however, is still…

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Satellite imagery allows a plethora of applications ranging from weather forecasting to land surveying. The rapid development of computer vision systems could open new horizons to the utilization of satellite data due to the abundance of…

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Although convolutional neural networks have made outstanding achievements in visible light target detection, there are still many challenges in infrared small object detection because of the low signal-to-noise ratio, incomplete object…

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Although much significant progress has been made in the research field of object detection with deep learning, there still exists a challenging task for the objects with small size, which is notably pronounced in UAV-captured images.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-12-22 Yingjie Liu

While object detection is a common problem in computer vision, it is even more challenging when dealing with aerial satellite images. The variety in object scales and orientations can make them difficult to identify. In addition, there can…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-02-08 Ahmed Elhagry , Mohamed Saeed

Surface defects on Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) directly compromise product reliability and safety. However, achieving high-precision detection is challenging because PCB defects are typically characterized by tiny sizes, high texture…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-19 Meng Han

On-orbit servicing (OOS), inspection of spacecraft, and active debris removal (ADR). Such missions require precise rendezvous and proximity operations in the vicinity of non-cooperative, possibly unknown, resident space objects. Safety…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-06-05 Van Minh Nguyen , Emma Sandidge , Trupti Mahendrakar , Ryan T. White

The rapid expansion of advanced low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites in large constellations is positioning space assets as key to the future, enabling global internet access and relay systems for deep space missions. A solution to the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-06 Wenxuan Zhang , Peng Hu

Object detection in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) remote sensing images poses significant challenges due to unstable image quality, small object sizes, complex backgrounds, and environmental occlusions. Small objects, in particular, occupy…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-23 Xudong Wang , Yaxin Peng , Chaomin Shen

Infrared imaging has emerged as a robust solution for urban object detection under low-light and adverse weather conditions, offering significant advantages over traditional visible-light cameras. However, challenges such as class…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-29 Jiali Zhang , Thomas S. White , Haoliang Zhang , Wenqing Hu , Donald C. Wunsch , Jian Liu